After the rules were announced, the studio darkened, with only seven paintings emitting a faint red light.
"There are four key fragments hidden in these seven paintings. Only when you collect all of them can you open the passage to the Undead Emporium dungeon." Yue Ya observed them one by one and said slowly, "There are no signs or hints on these paintings. It is impossible to tell which four paintings the fragments are in."
Zhuang Yan touched his chin and said, "There is only a time limit to enter the painting, but no time limit to collect all the key fragments. Even though there are many paintings, we still have enough time to enter them all."
Yun Yu: "There is no limit to the number of people either. To save time, we can enter the painting separately."
"There are only 24 hours after entering the painting. We don't know what is inside these paintings yet, and we may not be able to find the key fragments if we act alone." Yue Ya said.
Zhuang Yan thought for a moment and said, "She didn't seem to say that you can only enter a painting once. If you can't find it once, can you enter it again?"
"Then the 24-hour limit is meaningless," Yue Ya said in a deep voice, "If you come out and then go back in, the space in the painting may change."
“That makes sense.”
Yue Ya pondered for a moment and said, "Let's first label these paintings with numbers, and then go in together for the first time to understand the situation and rules."
Zhuang Yan nodded: "Let's do it this way."
Yun Yu: "I have no objection."
Yue Ya took out special materials and asked Zhuang Yan to mark 1-7 on the picture frame according to his intuition.
“Let’s start with painting number one.”
The three of them looked at painting number one. It was a realistic oil painting of a corner of a living room. There were a few pillows randomly placed on a comfortable and soft sofa. Behind it was a photo wall with so many photos that only the outlines of people could be seen.
There is a clothes rack in front of the wall, with a few clothes and hats hanging messily. A ray of sunlight shines in obliquely, making the painting look plain and warm.
"This painting gives people a very safe feeling," Zhuang Yan frowned. "In the game, the safer the place looks, the more dangerous it is."
"Indeed," Yunyu said, "I guess there's not much space in this painting."
Yueya looked at the height of the picture frame, silently moved a chair, climbed onto the chair and touched the drawing paper.
The originally brightly colored oil painting suddenly became dim, Yue Ya's eyes blurred, and he entered the painting.
After a while, Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu came in one after another.
Zhuang Yan chuckled: "Yue Ya, do you want to get down from the chair first?"
Yueya was standing on a chair before entering the painting, and she was standing on a dining chair after entering the painting.
"Wait, there's a message book on the table." Yue Ya reached for the book on the table, picked it up and saw four words written on it.
——Welcome home.
Zhuang Yan's hair stood on end: "Written for us?"
"It seems so."
"Click——" The sound of unlocking was suddenly heard at the door, and the three of them looked over vigilantly.
The door opened from the outside, and a man and a woman stood outside. They were also surprised when they saw them.
The woman looked at them and whispered to the man, "There are children. These should be NPCs."
Hearing this, Yue Ya raised an eyebrow: "Player?"
The woman was even more surprised: "You are also a player? It seems that there are no players under 16 years old in this game."
"I am an adult, I just had an accident in other copies." Yue Ya jumped off the chair and looked at them calmly.
"So that's how it is," the woman nodded in understanding and walked into the living room: "Did you also win the welfare copy?"
"A welfare copy?"
"It seems not..." The woman said: "I drew a welfare card when I drew the blind box, which allows me to enter several welfare dungeons. Although the welfare dungeons are dangerous, they have many good things and you can take them at will. We discussed it and decided to seek wealth and honor in danger, so we entered. I thought there were only two players in this dungeon."
The man looked at Yue Ya: "What about you guys?"
"We came in just to find one thing. That thing is useless to you, so there is no conflict of interest between us and you." Yue Ya said.
The woman bent down and stretched out her hand in front of Yue Ya: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Hongmei, Hongmei as in red rose, and my friend is Lao Liu."
Yueya shook hands with her: "Yueya."
"Your name is as cute as you are," Hongmei blinked and smiled charmingly, "Since there is no conflict of interest, we can cooperate."
"Can."
Hongmei got to know Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu again, and her gaze returned to Yue Ya, or to be more precise, to Yue Ya's hand: "What's the notebook in your hand?"
Yueya showed her the page with words on it.
"Welcome home?" Hongmei narrowed her eyes: "Who wrote this message? Is there anyone else in this house?"
"We haven't even started investigating yet and you showed up." Yue Ya flipped through the message book and found that there were words on the front, and in several different handwritings.
"The rice cooker is warming up the food, there are some small cakes in the refrigerator, and my mom is out for a while and won't be back until eight in the evening."
"We're going to play mahjong, so you don't have to prepare our dinner. Grandpa and grandma will stay."
"I will definitely not work overtime next weekend and will definitely take my son to the amusement park. I'm writing this as proof. Signed: Xiao Ming's father."
Below this line it was written: "Next week and the week after, my dad still didn't take me to the amusement park, liar dad!"
"I'm going to Xiaopang's house to do my homework and will be back before dinner."
…
Yueya quickly finished reading the contents of the message book. Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu, who had been standing behind him, also finished reading it.
Yueya handed the message book to Hongmei: "From the handwriting and content on the book, this is a family of five, Xiaoming and his parents, grandparents."
Hongmei flipped through the message book. "Their family relationship seems to be very harmonious, except that Xiao Ming never waited for his father to take him to the amusement park. But these contents are meaningless except for helping us understand the original owner of this house."
Yueya said: "Not necessarily."
A clear female voice rang out in the house. It was the voice Yue Ya had heard in the studio:
[The welfare copy "A Warm Family" has been triggered. 】
[Background of "A Warm Family": Xiao Ming is a happy child. His family loves him very much. But one day, his happiness was destroyed.]
【Hint: Invisible family. 】
[Players please find the exit passage as soon as possible, the countdown begins——]
A blood-red countdown appeared above the living room.
【23:59:59】
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